TY - BOOK AU - Chandra,Ramesh TI - Nuclear medicine physics: the basics SN - 0781747538 U1 - 616.07575 PY - 2004/// CY - Philadelphia PB - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins KW - Física médica KW - Medicina nuclear KW - Radioisótopos N1 - Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 194) e índice; Basic review -- Nuclides and radioactive processes -- Radioactivity : law of decay, half-life, and statistics -- Production of radionuclides -- Radiopharmaceuticals -- Interaction of high-energy radiation with matter -- Radiation dosimetry -- Detection of high-energy radiation -- In vitro radiation detection -- In vivo radiation detection : basic problems, probes, and rectilinear scanners -- In vivo radiation detection : scintillation camera -- Operational characteristics and quality control of a scintillation camera -- Detectability of final contrast in an image -- Emission computed tomography -- Biological effects of radiation and risk evaluation from radiation exposure -- Methods of safe handling of radionuclides and pertaining rules and regulations -- Appendix A. Physical characteristics of some radionuclides of interest in nuclear medicine -- Appendix B. CGS and SI units -- Appendix C. Exponential table -- Appendix D. Radionuclides of interest in nuclear medicine -- Appendix E. Organ masses of a standard man UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0415/2004004510.html ER -